{"id":1167,"date":"2025-06-23T07:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bitcoin-drops-below-us100000-after-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T07:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:11:16","slug":"bitcoin-drops-below-us100000-after-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bitcoin-drops-below-us100000-after-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin drops below US$100,000 after US strikes Iran nuclear sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/06\/23\/a034832b-a6bb-4931-a4c2-790a7a3b6b23_e0915ccc.jpg?itok=0aZCNEqF&amp;v=1750662555\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Bitcoin slid below US$100,000 for the first time since May and Ether sank sharply after President Donald Trump said US bombers attacked Iran&rsquo;s three main nuclear sites, triggering risk aversion in weekend trading in digital-asset markets.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\" css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-y2bwcc e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Bitcoin sank as much as 3.8 per cent to US$98,904 as of 12.05pm in New York in the aftermath of the attacks. Ether, the second-largest token, fell as much as 10 per cent to about US$2,157, its lowest intraday level since May 8.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;Markets are nervously eyeing ongoing geopolitical developments,&rdquo; said Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets, a provider of liquidity for crypto derivatives. The focus of markets will be largely on oil when traditional markets reopen, she said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The latest losses come after Trump said the Iranian sites of Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan were struck in the operation, specifically describing a &ldquo;payload of BOMBS&rdquo; dropped on Fordow, a key location of uranium enrichment that has raised international concern that Iran was preparing to create a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;The overhang of whether the US would strike Iran caused a sell-off through the week and into the weekend,&rdquo; said Cosmo Jiang, general partner at Pantera Capital Management.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\" css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-gy323d e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Total liquidation of crypto bets over the last 24 hours was more than US$1 billion, with about US$915 million and US$109 million in long and short positions closed respectively, according to data compiled by Coinglass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Bitcoin drops below US$100,000 after US strikes Iran nuclear sites<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin slid below US$100,000 for the first time since May and Ether sank sharply after President Donald Trump said US bombers attacked Iran&rsquo;s three main nuclear sites, triggering risk aversion in weekend trading in digital-asset markets. 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